The BRISTOL HOMELESS SHELTER

The Bristol Homeless Shelter was founded in 1984 as the Bristol Emergency Shelter and Housing Coalition. It is a 25 bed emergency shelter for men, women and children which provides food, shelter, case-management and referral services. The Shelter provides services, on average, to 300 men, women and children per year. 79% of all men, women and children only use the Shelter once during a calendar year and never return. The Shelter is open 24 hours per day, 52 weeks per year. The goal of the Bristol Homeless Shelter is to provide temporary emergency shelter to persons experiencing homelessness and to provide them with a safe, stable base form which to get and keep a job, enable children to return to school and to provide relief from the emotional and moral violence that often accompanies homelessness.